Aynsley Cook
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Thomas Aynsley Cook was a British operatic bass-baritone of the Victorian era. Among others, he originated the role of José the Wolf in The Contrabandista by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand in 1867.
Thomas Aynsley Cook
Cook as General Boum in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (1867)
Cook as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor (1878)
Charles Santley
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Sir Charles Santley was an English opera and oratorio baritone with a bravura technique who became the most eminent English baritone and male concert singer of the Victorian era. His has been called '
Aynsley Cook
…The Cooks remained with Carl Rosa for the next four seasons, until 1878. In 1875 at the Princess's Theatre, London, he sang Bartolo to the Figaro of Charles Santley in The Marriage of Figaro. In 1878 he again sang Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. For a while the Cooks managed the pub Jack Straw's Castle on…
![Charles Santley, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Charles_Santley_-_DPLA_-_7f394a3ebe68ee176453a91ff818b337_%28page_1%29.jpg/500px-Charles_Santley_-_DPLA_-_7f394a3ebe68ee176453a91ff818b337_%28page_1%29.jpg)
Charles Santley, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.
Charles Santley in Auber's opera Fra Diavolo.
Charles Santley, 1863
Buckingham Palace recital programme 1864 (detail) showing Charles Santley performing scenes from Der Freischütz and Don Giovanni, in distinguished company.